These are unprecedented times and the effects of mandatory business closures, shelter-in-place orders, and unexpected unemployment have yet to be seen.
INTERTEL is closely monitoring developments related to COVID-19, including information and guidance published by the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control.
It seems that every week we hear about yet another data breach where people’s personal data has been compromised. Security of information has never been as important or as mainstream as it is today and should be of the utmost importance whenever choosing a medical canvassing partner.
Insurance is all about mitigating risk. Regardless of what is being covered, a person or property, the company is partially assuming the risk that something wrong may happen.
Last week, INTERTEL’s Nathan Hessel attended the Eastern Claims Conference in Boston, MA. ECC is an excellent conference for the Disability and Life Insurance Industry, which made it a prime event to showcase the PRE-EX Canvassing Program.
Long-term disability (LTD) policies usually belong to two categories: Own Occupation (ownocc) or Any Occupation (anyocc).
MIST is an acronym that means “Minor Impact Soft Tissue.” MIST is a classification used to designate an insurance claim that involves minimal visible damage to a vehicle and a “soft-tissue” injury (also known as Low Impact and Soft Tissue (LIST) claims).
Fraud costs organizations worldwide an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues, according to a study conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE’s 2018 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse analyzed 2,690 occupational fraud cases that caused a total loss of more than $7.1 billion.